Dominique Thread!

[vpatt]

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Do you know if they are all bred from brothers and sisters?

In other words, if they haven't been inbred, a little inbreeding will be fine.


I could hatch eggs from the other hens and I know they are not related. I can call the people I bought the Doms from and ask them.

 

[Jewls819]

Thanks Jewls. The odd thing is I would love for one of them to be a roo and it just seems like so many people want hens and end up with roos. I really would like to raise chicks next spring.......next question......I am guessing he is brother to the pullets......is that ok?l

Alaskan is right. I would not breed brother to sister but you can father to daughter and mother to son. I am lucky to have quite a few Dominique lovers around here. I have a small hatch right now and plan on using the pullets to breed back to my roo. I am lucky I only have one Roo in this hatch left. If I dont sell him ...he will go to the freezer.

 

[vpatt]

Alaskan is right.  I would not breed brother to sister but you can father to daughter and mother to son.   I am lucky to have quite a few Dominique lovers around here.  I have a small hatch right now and plan on using the pullets to breed back to my roo.  I am lucky I only have one Roo in this hatch left.  If I dont sell him ...he will go to the freezer.

Thanks for the advice...I love BYC!

 

[Delight in Dominiques]

Alaskan is right.  I would not breed brother to sister but you can father to daughter and mother to son.   I am lucky to have quite a few Dominique lovers around here.  I have a small hatch right now and plan on using the pullets to breed back to my roo.  I am lucky I only have one Roo in this hatch left.  If I dont sell him ...he will go to the freezer.

. If you are starting a flock sibling mating is fine when starting out to keep your new line genetics tight. It all depends on what you expect from the breeding and the dominate traits good and bad that will have to be worked on over the years.

 

[Jewls819]

That is good to know! Thank you! I want to get more Doms to add to mine but only know two sources close to me and I have both those lines.

 

[TheBeardie]

This is my young Dominique rooster, Jefferson, and one of his girls,Marcy/D'arcy, ( I love married with children if you couldn't tell. And I'm 13. The show was WAY older than myself. And I love it )his Nick name is Stupid, because we have a bobcat that has recently killed my aunts $70 goose and her Swedish duck so we got a traper getting the bobcat, and Jefferson won't come near any of us to catch him to put him at night.
( no more mad faces ) so he's all by himself. I'VE HAD ENOUGH ( Yes SHOUTY Caps Are Nessasary )

But he is pretty, just like the real Jefferson, but that's not going to help him
I am close to the girls, a red star and a Easter Egger, they are fine with being put up for the night. I just don't like their man very well, he doesn't Even protect them!! He is apparently just for show .
End of rant

 

[ShadyGroveFarm1]

Heres my 2 Dominique's!

 

[vpatt]

Heres my 2 Dominique's!

So cute!

 

[vpatt]

. If you are starting a flock sibling mating is fine when starting out to keep your new line genetics tight. It all depends on what you expect from the breeding and the dominate traits good and bad that will have to be worked on over the years.

Right now I only want to raise chicks for me and my granddaughter to enjoy. Of course, that could change. Thanks for your advice!

 

[Sylvester017]

She did have that leg/foot color at day old & everyone said she was a she, I just wanted reassurance I guess. I usually have everyone in our family allow them to perch on our hands or forearms as they just seem more comfortable with a grip under their feet, but our daughter said she just melted into her like that yesterday. She is a snuggly little thing for sure!

Doms moreso than other breeds we've had seem to want to do it themself - they will squawk bloody murder as chicks if you surround them with a closed hand but are perfectly happy to jump up themselves onto your hand, arm, leg, or shoulder. They are active little busy bodies as chicks but we still worked to get them accustomed to the "judge's hold" - it takes patience and time. That is so cute that your pullet was relaxed enough for your DD to hold her that way. Good practice for both chicken and human alike.

Because there are a lot of transferrable bacteria/viruses do a wash of hands - and arms if necessary - with soap after handling chickens or collecting and handling their eggs. We ladies and daughters are the food preparers in the kitchen and need to keep mindful of the risks of handling our cuties: http://www.cdc.gov/features/salmonellababybirds/